Old Sock

Author: GSLC

All you need to play this game is 8 or morepeople, an old sock tied up in knots and someopen space with marked boundaries.

To start the game, everyone gathers in the center andone person throws the sock high into the air.You now have to decide whether you want tostay and try to catch it as it comes down orrun away. Whoever catches the sock, quicklythrows it and tries to hit someone. The person with the ball can either throw the sock assoon as they get it or take up to two steps andthrow it. Those who have the sock thrown atthem have two options, dodge the throw ortry to catch it. If you are hit, you are out andsit out of bounds until the next game. If you catch the sock, the person who threw it is out.Once a thrown sock hits the ground it can be picked up by someone and thrown again, so be aware. If by rare chance the sock hits oneperson and bounces up and you catch it beforeit hits the ground, both the person hit and theperson throwing are out. The game should befast moving so no one is out of the game long.Sometimes the game slows down when onlya few are still left in the game. Narrowing theboundaries solves the problem. The winnerthrows the sock up to start the next game.